Posts Tagged ‘David Ricardo’

How to diminish unemployment? The NY Times tells us about a Montana general contractor who plans to use only American-made goods for building his homes. Explaining, he said, “I think we could solve this recession if everyone shifted just 5% of... [read more]

The world is shifting. More than one-half of the world’s car sales, mobile phone subscriptions and oil, copper and steel purchases came from emerging markets during 2010. Here you can see the same story through these export and import, global GDP, and... [read more]

According to USA Today, “The two ‘most American’ cars are Japanese.” Cars.com has an American-Made Index. Ranking vehicles by sales, where they are made, and the origin of their parts, they concluded that the Toyota Camry is the most... [read more]

The tuna you had for lunch might have been caught in the Pacific, processed and canned in Thailand, and flown to a Wal-Mart warehouse in the U.S. Concerned about monitoring quality, a recent report from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tells us that... [read more]

In Australia, concerned about the impact of twin disasters in Queensland this summer, Australia is saying, “Buy Australian.” But they just faced an unexpected problem. The T-shirts they are using to publicize the campaign were made in... [read more]